Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 408
f Novenibcr 20, 192^, the GlaceBay power plant was running as evenly as a watch. Down the longfiring aisle of the boiler room walked Head Fireman Ernest Burchell,glancing up at gauge glasses as he went. No sound was audible savethe steady hum of a battery of smoothly steaming boilers and… … that symphony he knows that all is well. But no — he can neverknow that for a certainty. There is no premonitory sound to warnof a lap seam about to crack open. No matter how competent and ex-perienced the watcher, he cannot look through the brickwork of a boilersetting and see metal in the throes…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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